Some trips you plan. Others feel like they’ve been waiting for you. Ours was the second kind. In 2024, we went to Budapest as a family — three generations of us, my mom included, whose own parents were both born in Hungary. We didn’t travel there to see Budapest so much as to feel…
For over 50 years, UnTours has believed that the best travel happens when you slow down, go deeper and truly connect with the places and people you’re visiting. We’re excited to reintroduce you to our cruise collection. We have made meaningful changes to ensure every journey on water aligns with the UnTours way of travelling. …
And she still has a favorite destination—we had to ask. There are milestones, and then there are moments that make you stop and say: wow, look how far we’ve come together. This year, UnTours turns 50. Half a century of helping curious, independent travelers unpack once, settle in and discover what it truly…
Some travelers come to us knowing exactly what they want. Others arrive at UnTours through something harder to name — a feeling, a hunch, an answer a grandson gives when you ask him where he’d like to go. Germany. And what would he like to do there? Just be there. So wise. If you’ve…
There’s a moment that happens to almost every UnTourist in Vienna. You settle into a curved bentwood chair, a copper tray lands softly in front of you — a Melange in a porcelain cup, a small glass of water beside it — and something in you just… exhales. You’re not in a hurry. Nobody…
Advent is a much-beloved season in Germany, celebrated in church and in private homes. Every child has an Advent calendar, either store-bought or homemade, and filled by the parents with candy, coins, and small toys. Lighting a candle on the Advent wreath each Sunday afternoon is a ritual celebrated in many families, usually accompanied…
Sometimes our UnTourists of the Week answer our questions with one single answer, like the wonderful travelling twin sisters, Elaine and Cecilia Hruska: Tell us a little bit about your UnTours experiences: As one gets older, it seems like the birthdays that are most important are the ones that occur each decade. So when we,…
This year, UnTours marks 50 years of helping curious, independent travelers unpack once, settle in and discover what it truly means to live like a local. And for exactly half of that remarkable journey, since 2000, Ellen Peters has been here, keeping the books balanced, the details right and the whole operation grounded in the…
Some people mark anniversaries with cake. Cathrin marks them with plane tickets. This March, our very own Cathrin, who is celebrating 25 incredible years as a travel expert at UnTours, laced up her walking shoes and headed somewhere a little unexpected: Oaxaca, Mexico. And honestly? We’re not surprised she came back glowing. Cathrin…
There’s a moment that happens to almost every first-time visitor to Ireland. You pop into a pub for a quiet pint, or a shop to ask directions, and somehow, forty-five minutes later, you’re still there. Laughing. Completely forgetting where you were headed. That’s the gab getting you. And honestly? Let it. The Irish relationship…